The Gentile Witness Book II, Elijah (3 page)

Chapter 3

9:05 PM Thursday Kansas City, Missouri - Center City, Aafre Waldger’s Suite

“That was not the right thing for the Bishop to have done.” Aafre said to Cardinal Richital. I was led, to believe, by the two of you the staff you brought from the Vatican was the one from Moses that per you had been, discovered by the crusaders. It obviously was not. What you had was the Egyptian Magician’s staff from the Pharaohs court. I would have never allowed this to occur if I had known that your staff was from them. You had no chance and in front of the whole world Praterus was put to shame.”

“I understand.” the Cardinal said. “I really do understand and I agree that we made an error. Nevertheless, it is only a temporary setback. The game is only four days old. We have many more days months and years ahead.”

The Cardinal paused knowing arguing with Aafre over this was useless so he changed the direction of the conversation by saying “We need to get the media machine going immediately and make a big deal out of Jack, Enoch or whatever his name is and Elijah’s displays as being nothing but tricks. People believe in science, technology, and trickery or called magic as the illusionist say. Also they do not remember things for very long and soon they will no longer remember this.”

“What about the walking in air Cardinal? That was quite a feat.”

“Simple thing Aafre, We can overcome that too for walking in thin-air is an old magician’s trick. We will be issuing a statement from the Vatican once Praterus is in position that both Elijah and Jack, or Enoch as he now calls himself, used tricks to make this all happen. It is all an illusion and people will soon start to question their God’s grandstanding.”

“Will the current Pope agree to this Cardinal?”

“No, but as we discussed before, Praterus will. The current Pontiff is quite ill and if he makes it past the next day or two, we would be surprised. When the current Pontiff is gone, then the power of the church will be in Praterus’ hands and we will then move forward.”

“Alright Cardinal, I will leave it in your hands, but let me ask you another question. Elijah said for the Muslims to leave Jerusalem, so I assume that means he wants the Temple rebuilt.”

“Yes that is what he said.”

“That’s what I thought too and we will help them accomplish that. The Master will want to enter it once the Temple is completed.” 

“Who is it Aafre? Can you tell me?”

“No Cardinal. Not at this time.” 

Annoyed by the answer he received Cardinal Richital said, “Well maybe soon you will be able to let me know Aafre. It would make things easier for us at the Vatican so we can be prepared to endorse him on a worldwide basis.”

“In Time Cardinal Richital, in time” Aafre said getting angry with the Cardinal and seeing the conversation was going nowhere Aafre changed the subject himself and said as pleasantly as he could; “By the way Cardinal Richital, watch The Network in the morning, sometimes our minds do work alike and   I think the broadcast will amuse you.”

“I will Aafre I will, and we will be much more careful in the future.”

“Thank you Cardinal I know you will.”

Chapter 4

9:15 PM Thursday Kansas City, Missouri - Center City, Enoch’s Suite

I stepped back from the doorway as they entered my room. I was quite surprised to see Elijah for I had thought he had left. Veronica, as she walked in, said, “You did well Enoch. You did very well tonight. I am sure your Creator is pleased with you and so are we.”

“Thanks Veronica, but Elijah coming to my aid sure helped a lot.”

“You are a team Enoch. Remember that there are two of you and the team is what makes the difference.”

Elijah and Mark moved forward and sat on the couch, as there was another knock on the door. The security guard opened the door and said, “You have some more guests Enoch,” and then Gabriel and Ariel entered into the room. They in turn sat down in the chairs by the table and I moved toward the table and sat down facing the couch. 

Then Gabriel not really addressing anyone in particular but looking at Elijah said, “That was good gentlemen, but now the problems start. The nations will slowly start to stand up to the two of you and it will be a battle of who gets their message across, you or them. As you well know, they will do whatever it takes to discredit anything you do and say. They also will attempt again to assassinate you both but it will fail. But be always aware of their goal for now is to discourage you, hamper you, and of course eventually destroy you.” 

Then Gabriel turned towards me and said, “Enoch, tonight you are being interviewed again in a few minutes. We are sure that John and his co-anchors will question you about Elijah and his statements. Those statements he made are literal. God wants the lost tribes in Israel and the descendants of Ishmael and his sons out of Israel and the Temple rebuilt.”

“I understand Gabriel,” I said. “But you know that means the Muslims worldwide will stand up to claim their holy place, the Dome of the Rock, and will not take this sitting down. Also the Palestinians and Hamas are going to revolt and probably Iran!”

“We know that Enoch. And their threats will force the Israeli government to make choices which is part of the plan of God.”

“What about the rest of the world Gabriel? This may well cause a major problem in the Middle East, maybe even result in a major attack of Israel over this.”

“There will be no war with Israel.” Elijah looking down at the floor said. “I will take care of their enemies’ war machines in the next few days. To wage war, you need men to fight and their men will not be able to fight.”

“How are you to accomplish this?” I asked.

Elijah lifted then turned his head towards me and said, “I will go to the interview with you Enoch and I will tell the world what will happen to a country that attacks or threatens to attack Israel. You, like the rest of the world, will know how God’s power will stop the descendants of Ishmael in their tracks. These first three and a half years of the time of sorrows are Gods’ time. The time to salvage as many souls as we can and show the world there is but one God and one Jesus Christ. Satan will have his time afterwards. But now is God’s time.”

Chapter 5

10:39 AM Friday Beijing, China - Premier’s Office

Liang Enlai, Premier of the Government of the People’s Republic of China, Yuan Kwan, Minster of National Defense, and Wan Gangchuan, Minister of Finance were meeting in the office of the Premier. They, like the rest of the world, had watched the broadcast of Jack South now Enoch and the other witness, Elijah, with great interest. Thanks to technology, the broadcast was live with subtitles. 

Liang asked Wan, “Do you think on Monday, if the American markets reopen, we should start to remove our investments in the United States treasury department and move it into a more stable market like the Brits or the Europeans. Our investments currently exceed 1.6 trillion American dollars plus our billions in their businesses. With the expected destruction currently on the way as this witness describes they will never be able to repay us. Also our currency which we do no float on the open market leaves us quite vulnerable.” 

“We don’t let our currency float on the markets” Wan said quite tersely his anger showing. “The Yuan is our control over western economies. Let the Westerners bloat their currencies, in the end we will win that battle. The almighty dollar as they call it after the next few weeks will be worth nothing and then our currency if not openly traded will be sought after even more than the dollar or the Euro for that matter.” 

He paused in deep concentration then said, “It does seem though that within 30 days, the U.S. will be bankrupt anyway. Therefore, I am not sure if it matters if we cash out or not. More concerning is losing them, as a market will greatly affect our economy. Therefore, in my opinion, as soon as the markets open, we take the loss in their treasury holdings. We will then transfer them to European holdings but hang onto our American business investments. I see no other way. America evidently cannot stand against these Witnesses and the destruction is obviously coming to them as a direct result of this so-called Enoch’s actions. And now this other self proclaimed witness is rattling the swords on behalf of Israel which will also then effect the markets worldwide for fear of a all out war in the Middle East. Therefore I suggest we purchase as much as we can on the futures market in energy such as oil and natural gas, even coal at any price.” 

Laing then asked “What of our factories that make so many products for the Americans? They will have to shut down and that in itself will hurt our economy and probably cause even more unrest in our provinces. Where else can we create a market like the Americans?”

“I would not worry about that right now” Liang Wan said “The Europeans will be the next power to come to light. They will control the money in the very near future and we may well want to make additional alliances with them.”

“Premier, that means that we are dealing again with people whom still consider us mongrels. That may be a difficult thing to do initially if not impossible.”

“Wan we will worry about this issue later. When it comes to riches, race no longer matters. Now, In the meantime we need to isolate ourselves from the world’s politics other than financial and appear very neutral. It seems that after tonight, the unrest between the Muslims and the Jews, caused by the Witnesses will expand. The destruction they seem to be able to cause not only in America, but also in Northern Africa and Southeast Asia will cause a lot of unrest in the world. This I fear will cause unprecedented world destabilization over the next few weeks and months.” 

“I understand” Liang said a look of genuine concern on his face. “Before Monday and after the meetings in the U.S. with The Waldger Group, we need to have a strategy in place. With America being, brought to its knees, opportunities arise. We will not stand by without taking advantage of it either economically or politically. Do you agree Defense Minister Yuan?”

“Yes I do Premier, and something has come to light that will help us along the way. The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea wants to take advantage of America’s current situation and move on South Korea. They want us to turn the other way. They feel the Americans cannot help South Korea or will not. If America backs down they can just cross the DMZ and take over without a shot being fired.”

“Do you think Yuan, that the Europeans will help South Korea?” Liang asked.

“No, I think they could care less. Currently they are trying to figure out how to have America’s military power in their own control. With the U.S. being, singled out by this witness causing havoc they are in trouble. If America does give, the Europeans or NATO control over their military even for a short time there will only be two powers left, The Peoples Republic of China, and the ‘Europeans. Of course there are the Russians, but at this time I am not sure where they will stand in all of this.”

“What of this Jack or Enoch as he calls himself” Yuan Asked. “Do you see that he might cause us problems, like the rain in North Africa, the American earthquakes? Also, since this Jack wants to come here to our cities and talk to the masses, he could stir the people into a revolution against us.”

Liang thorough this over for a moment then said, “I would say that we do not take that risk and keep him in the West. He does not need to come here, for I am sure if he does, as you said he would stir up the people. We have our share of dissidents on a normal day but these witnesses would
give them possibly more credibility among the people.” He paused then added, “We removed the missionaries from our lands years ago. We only limitedly let them back recently. In either case, unless these witnesses comply with our laws and customs we do not want them here. However, I doubt they would pay much attention to our laws and or customs if they did come here. So Yuan that is a problem we need to address sooner than later.” 

“Premier what if, they decide to call upon their God to cause disasters here if we don’t let them in. Then what would you suggest?”

“I am not sure. Right now, you are putting the cart before the horse. We will cross that bridge when it comes to us. In addition, we are not sure from what sources they get there power to do what they are supposedly capable of doing. I like all of you…do not believe in Gods period…But in the meantime, we will deny either of them entry into our country.”

Liang Now leaned back in his chair and put his hand under his chin. The others knew of this habit so knew not to speak for he was in deep thought. Liang finally said, “Make sure to tell our representative at the ‘The Waldger Group meeting not to appear to disagree or agree to anything. We need to digest what Waldger is actually planning and what the story is on these witnesses. We may decide not to participate in his group at this time. Our strategy for now will be neutral.” Laing thought for a minute again then said, “For now though I am not sure what we are going to do or what our policy will be.”

No one spoke seemingly deep in thought then Liang said “I think right after the meeting in Kansas City that we call an emergency meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organizational members. In light of what we are seeing we may need to come up with a plan and possibly add Iran as a permanent member of our group.” 

“Do you want me to contact the Russians then and our other members Premier Liang?” Yuan asked.

“Definitely Yuan, the sooner, the better. With the Americans at least temporarily disabled politically, the world’s powers will be shifting and I have a good idea what way they are shifting Yuan. It is important that we keep our place and not allow Waldger or the Europeans take over the entire world economically or politically.”

“One other thing Yuan, that bothers me. This reference to end times everyone keeps mentioning. So let us involve our Academics and see if they can obtain for us all the information, they can from the ancient writings about these so-called witnesses and their God. We need to know where their power is coming from. Somehow somewhere God or not, these witnesses have a protector whom is unseen and able to keep that man from being killed. That bullet fired would have gone through 4 inches of concrete. It did not even knock him down. With our technology today, that is impossible. I want to know everything we can.” 

“I understand Premier. Now, what do we tell the North Koreans?” Liang asked.